That’s a great thing.” He also says the extensive U.S. “There’s been so many conversations over the last year with promoters and with our agents and with management, trying to figure out what’s the safe thing to do, when can we do this, how can we do that? We’re finally able to say we’re getting out there, we’re getting on the road. “We are full-on back on the road,” frontman Kelly Hansen tells Billboard. Dates for the latter will be announced during November ( see tickets here). cities this year - including a short run of shows with orchestras during October - with concerts in 15 more countries during 2022. The veteran band, which played a couple of socially distanced concerts last month in Florida, launches a 121-date world tour on June 24 in Ottumwa, Iowa. You can see the front two rows maybe, but you can’t see the whole arena.After 15 months mostly in drydock, Foreigner is ready to hit the road again - and stay a long, long way from home for quite some time. You couldn’t really see the crowd from where we were. “You look back on the eighties and remember playing those enormous venues after putting out a number one album,” Wills added. “It’s great though, because the audience is right there with you.” “It’s such a unique venue to play,” Greenwood said. Having got their first experience in the Sohier Street tent in 2019, Greenwood said they couldn’t be more excited to return. It was just great friends, telling stories and joking just the way it was.” No ordinary venueįor a band that once played in front of packed stadiums across the country, the South Shore Music Circus is a change of pace. “Getting that lineup back together was quite a chore in itself,” Greenwood admitted, “but then once we got together, it was like no time had passed at all. The lineup that will take the stage on Friday night will include Greenwood, Wills, and Jones, as well as Lou Gramm, Dennis Elliott, and Ian McDonald.įive of the six members constitute the original lineup, with Wills, who replaced Ed Gagliardi on bass in 1979, the lone exception. We all haven't been together in quite some time.” “Plus, seeing the guys again is just great. “After all these years, playing those songs is just fantastic,” Greenwood said. The passion from fans has been the highlight of the experience for the band. “None of us could’ve ever imagined that 40 years after we made the songs they’d still be playing on the radio, people would be streaming them and still coming out to our shows,” Wills said. More: South Shore Music Circus to host concertsĪmong those returning will be the band’s original keyboardist Al Greenwood and the band’s longtime, and perhaps most acclaimed member, bassist Rick Wills.
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But on Friday night, many of the band's original and early members will join Jones as part of a series of reunion shows.
Yes, Foreigner has been touring extensively since 2004 with founding member Mick Jones and a new cast of performers. On Friday night, Foreigner returns to the stage at the South Shore Music Circus.
The band is getting back together, and they’re making their way to Cohasset. "The official Foreigner statement is 'due to circumstances beyond our control,'" Lappen said.
John Lappen, Foreigner's Marketing Director, echoed Frye's statements in an email. This Friday's Foreigner concert at the South Shore Music Circus has been canceled.Īccording to Evan Frye, the South Shore Music Circus' Marketing Coordinator, the event was canceled due to "circumstances beyond control."
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